Sports Development Projects/Initiatives
For Further information on any of these projects please
contact: Jo Willis- 023 8068 8489
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Anders Svensson at the Eastleigh FNF launch
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Eastleigh Friday Night
Football
Following the success of last year's pilot the ever popular
project has started again and will run into the new
year. The project is aimed at giving the young
people of Eastleigh a positive experience. The activity now
takes place every friday night
between 7.30 - 9.30pm on the newly constructed
5 a-side pitches at
Fleming Park Leisure Centre.
In addition to the football, sessional workers from
Connexions and the
County Youth Service will also be on hand every
week to offer advice on a range of topics including sexual health,
substance misuse and bullying.
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Hamble Friday Night Football
Due to the the success at Eastleigh a pilot session has now been
set up in the Hamble area running from
Friday 29th October until Friday 10th
December 2004. The sessions will take place at the
Artificial Training Pitch at
Hamble Community Sports
Complex and will initially run from 6.30 -
7.30pm.
Friday Night Football is supported by a range of partners,
including:
- Eastleigh Borough Council
- North End Residents Association
- Hampshire Drug Action Team
- Eastleigh & Test Valley Primary Care Trust
- DC Leisure / Fleming Park Leisure Centre
- Hampshire County Youth Service
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Rory Delap at the Hamble FNF
Launch
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Street Soccer Summer
The idea of this project was to provide the people in
Avairy, Velmore and North
End Copse with a positive experience throughout the Summer
holidays.
The football training was completely FREE
for all participants and available for boys and
girls aged 8-16 years.
This Project was established in partnership with:
- North End Copse Residents
Committee
- Avairy Residents Association
- Eastleigh Housing Association
The two residents associations successfully received grants from
Awards for
All in order to help their funding of this summer
long programme on local recreation grounds.
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The project proved a massive success and the
coaching sessions attracted over 500 young people,
with a number of the participants being signed up to play football
for a local club. If this project had not taken place this
opportunity may have never occurred.
The day was run by
Team Elite and included
an inter estate football tournament and mini olympics.
Street Soccer October 2004
After the success of this summer's pilot scheme a similar
initiative was established at Grantham Green
during October half term. The Project was
run by professional sports coaching company -
Team Elite. The
scheme ran for three days and attracted over
60 young people.
The project was funded by Eastleigh Borough
Council and Atlantic Housing
Association.
Street Sport 2005
Due to the success of Street Soccer the project will now be
expanded next year to incorporate other sports and
new areas across the Borough of Eastleigh.
South West
Trains have confirmed that they will be
contributing to next year's Street Sport scheme. This money
will also be backed by financial support from Atlantic Housing
Association, Healthy Living Network
and Eastleigh Borough Council. The project
will also work in partnership with various agencies including
Team
Elite, Totally Tennis, Eastleigh Football Club
and St Francis Youth Football Club.
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